Samantha Shannon had me from the start of this novel. The book starts off running and I was intrigued with the world and concepts. I think what helped was not remembering the synopsis other than a futuristic setting with clairvoyants which made reveals interesting. Shannon does introduce a lot of clairvoyance terminology in the beginning so I do suggest checking out her indexes in the back of the physical copy (glossary, visual maps, and character guides) especially if you started this book via audiobook like I did. It doesn’t spoil any plot. There’s just a lot of types of clairvoyants and people. 

I liked the characters of both sides along with the interactions and friendships Paige makes. We do get a number of summaries as the book spans approximately 6 months, and I wish we saw more of Paige’s training so as I felt the least confident with Paige’s dreamwalker abilities, (this plotline felt a bit slow)

As this is an edited debut and the first of a seven book series, it sets up the world and characters; I understand not everything is fully fleshed out. I am excited to see these characters and the world-building develop in the future books. 

I listened to the new revised-version audiobook and read my physical copy. I really liked Alana Kerr Collin’s narration of this story. It was as if Paige was narrating.